| Jawan POV |
i was still in pain but not like I was earlier so i went and picked Kendrick up from school. I pulled up to the school building and he was standin outside with some kid. He walked up to the car and tapped the window. "Wassup" I said. "Can he come?" He asked and I shrugged. They got in the car and I looked at the boy and nodded. "Wassup man" I said and he nodded and I dapped him up. "What's yo name?" I asked as I drove off. "Elias" he mumbled and I nodded. "You from new Orleans" I said and he nodded. Yo this lil nigga about to get punched in his Shit , ima have to have a talk with kendrick about the friends he pick. He got a serious attitude problem and he weird as hell. 15 minutes later we pulled up to the mall. "Did the pain ease up?" Kendrick asked and I shrugged. "A lil bit. It still hurt but not as much as it did earlier" I said. "If you still in pain you didn't have to take me" he said and I nodded. "Yea I did. But it's coo" I said. "What happened" Elias asked and I looked at him. "I got shot" I said and he smirked. "That's wassup" he said and I mugged him and looked away. "What the fuck" I said to myself. I dug into my pocket and pulled out the money I had. "Yo look in that glove compartment and hand me all the money in there" I said to Kendrick. He opened it and handed me the money that was in there, money was never a problem for me. I got money all over Brooklyn, all over California. I spend it and get it right back. "Yo Elias" I said and he looked at me while moving his dreads out his face. "Yo hand me that black bag under yo seat" I said and he nodded and reached under his seat. He handed it to me and I nodded. "Good look" I said. I pulled two stacks out of it so I could put it with the money I had. I sat back in my seat and put the money on my lap. I counted through it. "Hand me them" I said to Kendrick and he handed me the rubber bands. I put the money I had in a rubber band. I separated his from mine and gave it to em. "Thanks" he said and I nodded. "Since I'm a nice person" I said and Kendrick mugged me and I laughed. "Since I'm a coo person. Man you need money?" I asked Elias and he shook his head. "Nah I got my own" he said and I sat up. "Word. Let me see then young bull" I said and he nodded and dug in his pocket pulling out a band. He held up his finger and I nodded. He grabbed his book bag and unzipped it then he pulled out hella money. "How you get all that" I asked and he put his finger to his lips for me to be quiet. I turned around and shook my head. "Let's go" I said opening my car door. We walked up to the mall and whole time my eyes was on Elias. We walked inside and Kendrick went into footlocker but Elias stayed with me. "Keep it real . Whatchu do?" I asked and he looked at me. "I do what every other young boy do" he said and I nodded. "So you shoot hoops?" I asked and he shook his head. "No I shoot dice" he said and no lie though my heart broke. "How old are you man?" I asked. "14" he said and I nodded. I could never imagine Kendrick wantin to live the life I live , he too young. It's bad enough j living the same life as me. It's crazy and Elias only 14 , he livin too fast. I can't speak on him though. I started when I was 8 and as fucked up as it sound I Really did, mothafuckas didn't care about me cause if they did they wouldn't have let me make the decisions I made, but my mom was gone and only person I had was boss man, now that I think about it I got a feeling he never cared cause at 8 years old he allowed me to work for him. Anything coulda happened to y'all boy. "I ont know you man. But I want you to be careful out here. You seem like a coo kid, you quiet and weird as hell but I can tell you smart so I ain't gotta problem wit you hanging with my kid." I said and he nodded. "When did you start?" He asked. I ont usually tell people I barely know my business but he good and it seem like he gone need help later on in life. "When I was 8" I said and his eyes got wide and I nodded. "I started last year" he said and I nodded. "What about yo lifestyle man, how you livin?" I asked and he pushed his dreads back. "I don't know. I mean I'm 14 , moved to Brooklyn with my mom back when I was 4 , my daddy got killed in new Orleans that's Why we moved. Now, my mom mess her life up everyday by doin drugs just so she can get by" he said and I sighed. "Damn" I mumbled to myself. "Well man" I said puttin my arm around his shoulder. "We got a extra room" I said and he looked at me. "Foreal" he asked and I nodded. "Where you live" I asked. "In the apartments on the westside of town." He said and I nodded, that's where I use to live. "That's where I'm from man" I said and he nodded. "Wait up" Kendrick yelled runnin over to us with about a good 5-6 bags. "I'm done" he said out of breath. I laughed and put my other arm around him. "Kendrick man you ain't gone be the only one in the house now" I said and his eyes got big. "Mom is pregnant" he asked and I laughed and shook my head. "Na man. Elias might be movin wit us but that a probably happen soon doe" I said and his smirk turned into a frown. "I can't even imagine that" he said. "Shit you better cause it might happen" I said and he scrunched his face up. We went to a couple more stores and I gave Elias time to think about what I said. We pulled up to his apartment complex. I turned off the car and looked at him in the backseat. "What you wanna do?" I asked. "I wanna move wit y'all" he said and I nodded. "Let's go get yo stuff. I ont know how ima tell yo mom but it's coo" I said. "She ont care" he said and I slowly nodded. we all got out the car and walked up to the building. "Is that jawan?" I heard somebody say that was standin outside wit a group of people. "Yeah wassup. Who that?" I asked. "Dre" he said walkin up to me. I thought back to when I lived out here me and him was tight. "Wassup man" I said dappin him up. "How you feel son? What you doin wit lil Eli" he asked. "I'm solid. You? And he my kid friend" I said and he nodded while lookin at Kendrick. "Wassup man" he said and Kendrick nodded and dapped him up. "My mama here" Elias asked. "Yeah her crazy ass here" he said and we nodded. "Ight man it was nice seein you bruh stay up" I said to him and he nodded. "Aye" he said. "I know you holdin. So can I hold some money" he asked and I shrugged. "How much" I asked. "20" he said. "Aw yeah" I said but I handed him 40 instead. "Thanks man" he said and I nodded and we walked upstairs. "You know dre?" I asked Elias and he nodded. "Yep. Him and my mom messed around a few times" he said and I nodded as we made it to the door. He pulled out his key and opened the door and first thing I smelled was weed and alcohol. We walker inside and I seen a whole bunch of dude sitting on the couch smokin and drinking. "Wassup" they said and I nodded. "Yo go get ya stuff" I said to Elias and he nodded and mugged them before runnin to his room.. "who is you?" A lady asked and I looked towards the kitchen. Kendrick stepped closer to me and I pulled him by his coat. "Jawan" I said. "Jawan who?" One of the men said. "Velazquez. Wassup?" I asked and they eyes got big. "Nothin" the dude said and I nodded. Elias came back with a bag. She looked at him. "You taking him?" She asked and I nodded. "Good. About time somebody got his bad ass" she said stumbling over to the couch. Kendrick smacked his lips and was about to say something when I shook my head. He nodded and grabbed Elias bag for him. "You ready man?" I asked and he nodded. I opened the door and was about to walk out. "You ain't goin nowhere" I heard somebody say and it was a man pullin on Elias arm. "Let em go" I said and he mugged me. "Fuck you say?" He asked and I laughed. "Let em go" I said, man I really ont wanna step out of character. My trigger finger been itchin, I ain't killed nobody since last year it won't hurt to let somebody else soul go. I pulled out my gun and hit em wit it. "Nah what the fuck you say" I asked and he shook his head. "nothing man" he said. "That's what I thought. Elias Lets go" I said and we walked out the house. We went downstairs and began to walk to the car. "Alright den jawan" I heard dre say. I nodded then got in the car. We got in and headed to the house.
